Dec. 19, 2010 in Features on Page D1
Someone stole a bit of Christmas cheer from a North Side family last week. For decades, retirees Lisa and Bill Weaver have displayed in their front yard a metal deer …
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Dec. 11, 2010 in Features on Page E1
Sometimes there is no choice but to second-guess the wisdom of holiday songs. Just think. What would happen if you did as instructed in “Holly Jolly Christmas” and actually said …

Dec. 10, 2010 in Features on Page C1
It’s an odd sensation to see wintry scenes of Spokane on The Weather Channel when you happen to be several time zones away from here. Sure, it looks familiar. But …

Nov. 28, 2010 in Features on Page D1
I haven’t talked to any small children about this. But it seems safe to assume some of them are concerned that their stuffed animals might attack the security folks at …
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Nov. 25, 2010 in Features on Page C1
On the chance that you still have questions about preparing a Thanksgiving dinner, here’s one more batch of tips from local kids. Connie King solicited advice from both her day …

Nov. 22, 2010 in Features on Page C1
You can tell that someone who is either inappropriately loud or destabilizingly good-looking is visiting a workplace if people across the room are whipping off their weak computer glasses and …

Nov. 21, 2010 in Features on Page D1
One entertaining aspect of working in downtown Spokane is the opportunity it affords to monitor the variability of local snowfall amounts. Let me explain. Because cars and trucks wind up …

Nov. 18, 2010 in Features on Page C1
Let’s start by following up on Sunday’s Slice. That rooftop “think.” sign in downtown Spokane was the idea of the folks at the Magner Sanborn advertising agency. It’s atop the …

Nov. 15, 2010 in Features on Page C1
We all know about their old reputation, and some of us remember that recurring “Saturday Night Live” skit featuring the tech-assist guy brimming with disdain. But in reality, the folks …

Nov. 14, 2010 in Features on Page D1
A few weeks ago, a reader who works downtown wrote with a question. Looking out his office window, he had noticed something. Down below, on the side of a hut-like …

Nov. 11, 2010 in Features on Page C1
Readers showed good will, big hearts and imagination in dreaming up theoretical Christmas presents for Spokane. About 200 did so as part of The Slice’s GU basketball tickets giveaway.

Nov. 9, 2010 in Features on Page C1
There are two kinds of voters in Eastern Washington. There is the sort that bitterly resents being marginalized by the West Side’s bigger population. And there’s the kind that regards …